MONSOON SESSION LALIT MODI SCANDAL

A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday gave permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to begin extradition proceedings against former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi, who is believe...

Have you noticed how, the more Parliament works, the less you hear of it? There's no media circus, fewer press conferences, bytes, TV appearances, interviews. Rarely, when Parliament works, do you have primetime TV shows revolving around what's happening in the houses. Bills passed, questions asked and answered will find, at best, a cursory mention. At times, just a ticker.

NEW DELHI -- The Monsoon Session concluded today amidst heightened political bitterness, making little headway on two critical bills dealing with land acquisition and tax reforms. The war of words in...

NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose not to step into the minefield of words which exploded in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after the Congress Party agreed to a debate the Lalit Modi scandal....

On Wednesday, after the Congress Party agreed to debate the Lalit Modi scandal, Lok Sabha turned into a complete battlefield. Congress Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi hit back at Prime Minister Nare...

NEW DELHI -- It was no holds barred in Lok Sabha today after the Congress Party agreed to debate the Lalit Modi scandal - just one day before the Monsoon Session concludes on Thursday. On Wednesday e...

The CII has spearheaded a petition with over 15,000 signatories prevailing upon parliamentarians to carry out their legislative responsibilities so that the country can move ahead with urgently needed economic reforms. GST is one such key legislation, which needs to be enacted. The implementation of this crucial tax reform can add 1% to India's GDP growth. Apart from this, there are a number of other legislations that are urgently needed to kick-start our economy.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill has been delayed by eight months since it was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in Parliament in December. The Bill was earlier introduced b...

NEW DELHI -- Responding to allegations that her family had financial ties with Lalit Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today denied any conflict of interest in the role she played to procu...

NEW DELHI -- With two days left to go for the Monsoon Session to conclude, top business leaders of the country have signed a petition to end the deadlock in parliament which is holding up discussion o...

NEW DELHI -- With two days left for the Monsoon Session to conclude, the Congress Party today frustrated the Modi government's last ditch efforts to allow a discussion of the Goods and Services Tax (G...

NEW DELHI -- With four days left to go for the Monsoon Session to conclude, and the Congress Party continuing to paralyse both houses of parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today railed against...

NEW DELHI -- While the Congress Party boycotted Lok Sabha for the third day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took the opportunity to speak about the Lalit Modi scandal, and insist that she had...

NEW DELHI -- Escalating protests over the suspension of over half of its lawmakers for five days, the Congress Party boycotted the Lok Sabha for a second day, and disrupted proceedings in the Rajya Sa...